Connecter



H. FALLA CONNECTER Filed Aug. 28, 1926 WITNESS:

Patented June 17, 1930` UNITED STATES mazzi.

HEDLEY FALLA, OF MIJFGRD, NEW HAMPSHIRE CONNECTER Application filedAugust 28, 1926-. v Serial No. 132,156.

v the invention further consists of the following novel features anddetails of construction, to be hereinafter' more fully described,

illustrated inthe accompanying drawing,V

and pointed out in the appended claim. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention partly broken away toillustrate the application thereof. i

, Figure 2 is a top plan yView thereof. Figure 3'is a transverse-sectiontaken on line 3-3 of Figure 2. i Y.

i Figure 4C is a longitudinal section of a modified form of theinvention and illustrating the construction and application of theclamping members and of aV stop cock used in conjunction therewith.

f Figure 5 is an elevation of another modi-V fication of the invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of referencedenote corre-V sponding parts, the reference character 1() indicates a.coupling nipple provided with beads 11 extending circumferentiallythereof upon its outer surface and disposedl at spaced'intervalsthereon. An enlarged outwardly extending annulariangeportion or abutment12 is formed at an intermediate point in the length of the nipple.

The broken or adjacent ends of the tubu- '45 lar body portions, suchasthe lawn hose, re-

ceive those portions of the nipple upon the opposed sides of the flange12. Supporting arms'13. carried by and extending in opposite directionsfromvthe flange v12 support split clamping bands lll upon the endsthereof. Said bands form at the splits `thereof spaced parallelapertured ears 15 which'are adapted to receive therein fasteningelements, in the form of bolts 16.*v lSaid bands Y when regulated by thebolts 16 will compress the tubular body portions upon the beads 11carried upon they outer surface'of the nipple 10 to retain said bodiesagainst displacement.

The flange 12 serves as an abutment for the meeting or vradjacent endsof the tubular bodies to preventfthe peripheries thereofv from flaringand tearing.

In Figure l ofthe drawing the preferred tive use; the difference anddeparture incorporated therewith, as embodying the modification is inthe nature of a bore 13 communicating the bore of the nipple 10 throughthe flange 12. Said bore 13 isinteriorly,

form of the invention is disclosed in opera-y i threaded to receive thereduced and threaded 'o attaching end of a stop or pet cock 132. Saidcock will permit tapping in on a line for auxiliary use or mayeffectively Serve as a relief when a leakis discovered in the line.

In/Figure 5 of the drawingl have illus- 'I5 Y' trated a modified form ofthe invention comprehending anapertured disk 17 withinv which aVthreaded sleeve 18 is mounted and heldy against displacementby a jam nut19 carried thereby. lSaid sleeve 18 is adapted for connection with anair appliance com-l monly' used in theV inflation of pneumaticv`v tires.A supporting armV 2() extends :from

the apertured disk on the periphery Vthereof and at right anglesthereto.l A, split clamping band 21 i-s carried upon the remaining endof the supporting arm 2()V and'which is adapted to receive therethrougha'terminal endv 'of'n the tubular body for vretaining the Q n sameagainst displacementzin a manner similar to that as vmentioned in theforegoing L description and accompanying drawing relative to thepreferred form of the invention.,A A similar fastening device is alsoemployed for use in connection with the clamping l band 2l. l y f Y Thekinvention is susceptible of various i changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction, and the .right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properf point inthe length of the nipple andextend-` ly fall Within the scope of the appended claim. t

Having thus described my invention, What is claimed is:

A pipe connecter comprising a nipple, an

annular flange carried at an appropriate ed horizontally thereof to abutthe adjacent end oit' a pipe section carried upon the nip#V ple2 asupporting arm carried by and rigidc lly connected With the outersurface of the flange and projecting therefrom in spaced parallelism tothe adjacent Wall of the nipple, and a split clamping` band horizontallyarranged about the nipple parallel with the flange and having connectionat one end thereof with the outermost projecting end of the supportingarm whereby the aforementioned end of a pipe section may be Vil) rigidlyretained upon the nipple and the portion thereof unenga'ged by theclamping band may swell circumferentially of the nipple and between thespace between the latter and said arm.

ln testimony whereof l allix my sionature.

